Smoking device.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

3. E. KING. SMOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 1906.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I ROBERT EJKING, OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA.

SMOKINQDEVIQE,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedhpi-fl 7, 1906. Serial No. 310,533-

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

To O/Z/Z'whOHI/ it may concern),

Be it known that I, RdBERT E. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beau fort, in'the county of Carteret and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoking Devices; and I do hereby declare the following invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which 'it appertains to make and use the same. I My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in smoking devices, and

has for its object to provide means by which a smoker may be enabled to provide himself with a smoke having all of the present and fascinating characteristics of"an ordinary paper cigarette without the usual unpleasant odor of burning paperor'the injurious toxic effects. p g I My inventionhas also for its object to provide means by which the mouthpiece or holder may be ventilated and the-smoke passing throu h the same to'the mouth of the user coole consists in the particular construction and adaptation, hereinafter more fully described,

. scribe my improveddevice, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is'a perspective view of the improved device ready for use. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective' view of the two partsofthe device separated. 4 is a perspective qview showing a modification. Fig. 5 is a perspec tive view of a cap or cover to be employed when the smoking deviceis to be carried in the pocket. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the cap or cover secured in'position upon the smoking device and Fig." 7 is a perspective view showing the device loaded with tobacco and with an ordinaryci arette or other paper surrounding the loa ed tobacco-cage, the paper being partially broken away to expose the contents of the cage.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

or diluted by 'a supply of fresh atmospheric air. I With these ends in view my .inventionthe end to be embraced by the lips of the K user in order that said transverse orifices may to be a full, clear, and exact description of the be wholly or partially covered by the lips, as may be desired, and for the purpose herein.- after more fully explained. v

The outer end ofthe device is reduced, as shown at 4, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) and is screw-threaded to receive a correspondinglythreaded short ring or collar 5, from which project a series of wires 6, constituting a tubular-shaped, cage, which when the collar 5 is placed in the position shown at Fig. 1 constitutes thereceptacle for a suitable or desired charge'of tobacco, and the outer surface of the device'adjacent tothe reduced portion is also screw-threaded to receive a cap or cover 7.

le I have shown this cage or tobaccoreceptacle as composed of a series of parallelwires, I may substitute for the same a tube of wire- 'auze soldered or otherwise suitably attache at one end to the collar 5, and in lieu of securing the wires or gauze tube directly to the collar either may be secured directly to the end of the device 1, as shown clearly in Fig. 4, in which case it will be unnecessary to reduce the end, as shown at 4'. Within the cage or tobacco-receptacle is ar-v ranged a piece of ordinary cork 8, which is forced down near to the holder, as clearly shown. This cork-thus located, while permitting a free draft around its circumference, serves to prevent any particles of tobacco from being drawn intothe mouthpiece.

In the use of my improved smoking device the cage 6 is charged With tobacco by preferably introducing it into a package of tobacco, and before withdrawing it it should be rotated to free-the outer surface from particles of tobacco. .The same process is followed if the hand.

When the cage thus loaded iswithdrawn from the body of tobacco, an ordinary cigarette or other suitable paper is placed around said cage by-dampening the transverse edge (at one end of the paper) and attaching it to tobacco should be held in the the collar'of the frame, then winding the pa-.

ipier around the frame and dampening the ee edge and smoothing the same down in the usual manner of making an ordinary cigthat a sufficient quantity of air may be mingled with the smoke to cool and purify the same.

As the tobacco is burned the cage prevents the surrounding aper from becoming ignited and burning and permits it to become only slightly charred or scorched, thus preventing the emission of the disagreeable odor, and the toxic effects of burning paper are avoided,

.while the paper envelop surrounding the cage effectually prevents the escape of sparks or ashesfrom the cage and which in the case of ordinary cigarettes so frequently burn or soil the clothing.

When the smoke'has been completed, the charred or scorched paper wrapper or envelo is withdrawn from the cage, and all resi uum contained in the cage is readily r..- moved by blowing a current of air through the cage 'orgently tapping the same.

It will be readily seen that economy may be practiced by the use of my improved device, for the cage may be loaded to any desired extent, and consequently no waste of tobacco occurs if only a short smoke is dc.- sired After using the device the cap or cover 7 is placed over the cage and screwed upon the part 1 as shown in Fig. 6, and the device may be readily carried in the pocket without soiling the clothing. I

My invention may be readily applied to the short stems of ordinary pipes by simply providing the end ofthe stem which enters the bowl with a reduced projecting portion, such as shown at 4 in the drawings, which shall be adapted to receive the collar 5, with its cage 6, so that with a stem thus, constructed it will be obvious that the user may at will indulge his taste for either a pipe or cigarette.

While I have shown and described the collar of the tobacco-cage threaded and screwed upon the reduced portion of the mouthpiece and prefer such construction, it will be obvi-' ous that the threads upon the mouthpiece and the collar may be omitted and con nection between the two parts secured by suitable frictional contact. As'hereinbefore stated, the central longitudinal passage 2 of p the mouthpiece is closed at the extreme end in order that the biting effect upon the tongue which is usually experienced in the use of mouthpieces may be avoided and the smoke diverted and caused to travel through the transverse orifices to a locality back of the up er teeth, where the mouth is less highly en owed with sensory nerve fiber than is the case with the tongue.

Having described the construction. and advantages of my improvement,v what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A smoking device comprising a holder or mouthpiece provided at its outer endwith a fireproof cage or tobacco-receptacle having radlal openings or perforations and adapted to receive a paper wrapper or covering to exclude air from entering said 0 enings or perforations, substantially as an for the purpose set forth. g

2. A smoking device consisting of a holder or mouthpiece having its outer end reduced and screw-threaded, in combination with'a fire roof cage or tobacco-receptacle formed wit radial perforations or openings and provided at one end with a 'threaded collar adapted to be secured in osition upon the threaded ortion of the holder or mouthpiece, sai cage or tobacco-receptacle being also adaptedto receive a paper covering for excluding air through the radial openings, substantially as and for the urpose set forth.

3. A tobacco-receptacle or a smoking detobacco-receptacle consisting of a series of fplalrallel wires adapted to tempprarily cone a charge or uantity of to acco and to receive a surroun ing air-excluding wrapper or envelop, substantlally as set forth.

In'testlm'ony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

- Witnesses:

J. J. Wnrrnnunsr, C. T. BELL.

ROBERT KING. 

